I Agree with Sarah Palin - But Let's Also Support the Golden Rule

Governor Sarah Palin is right to object to David Letterman's comments regarding her children. There is no reason for Mr. Letterman to bring the Governor's children into late night comedy.

At the same time, I want to be clear, if the situation were reversed with a political family other than Governor Palin - would the Golden Rule stand? I hope so.

Meanwhile, I support Governor Palin in this discussion:

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284295,00.html

In the wake of her recent visit to New York, David Letterman had some fun at the expense of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on The Late Show this week – but the governor and her husband, Todd Palin, aren't laughing.

On Tuesday's show, Letterman joked in his opening monologue that the governor visited Yankee Stadium, sitting in "far, far right field" with Rudy Giuliani. "They had a wonderful time," he continued. "The toughest part of her visit was keeping Eliot Spitzer away from her daughter."

That last bit, a reference to the disgraced former New York governor who was caught with a prostitute, went over like a ton of bricks in the Palin household. Alaska's first couple took to their Facebook page to post the following messages:

From Todd Palin: "Any 'jokes' about raping my 14-year-old are despicable. Alaskans know it and I believe the rest of the world knows it, too."


'Disgusting'
From Governor Sarah Palin: "Concerning Letterman's comments about my young daughter (and I doubt he'd ever dare make such comments about anyone else's daughter): 'Laughter incited by sexually-perverted comments made by a 62-year-old male celebrity aimed at a 14-year-old girl is not only disgusting, but it reminds us some Hollywood/NY entertainers have a long way to go in understanding what the rest of America understands – that acceptance of inappropriate sexual comments about an underage girl, who could be anyone's daughter, contributes to the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others.'"

On Monday, Letterman's "Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin's Trip to New York," included the following: "Keyed Tina Fey's car" (No. 7), "Finally met one of those Jewish people Mel Gibson's always talking about" (No. 3), "Bought makeup from Bloomingdale's to update her 'slutty flight attendant' look" (No. 2) and "Especially enjoyed not appearing on Letterman" (No. 1).

A spokesman for The Late Show had no comment, but on Wednesday's show, Letterman admitted he may have gone to far – then he repeated the jokes. He also said they were not at the expense of the Palins' 14-year-old daughter.

from Huffington Post